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Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd-boot-random-seed.service.xml')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-boot-random-seed.service.xml b/man/systemd-boot-random-seed.service.xml index ad3477a97a..87e2e270d0 100644 --- a/man/systemd-boot-random-seed.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-boot-random-seed.service.xml @@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ times. Specifically:</para> <orderedlist> - <listitem><para>In UEFI mode, the <filename>systemd-boot</filename> or - <filename>systemd-stub</filename> components load the boot loader random seed off the ESP, hash it with - available entropy and the system token, and then update it on disk. A derived seed is passed to the - kernel which writes it to its entropy pool.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>In UEFI mode, the + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-boot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> or + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-stub</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> + components load the boot loader random seed from the ESP, hash it with available entropy and the system + token, and then update it on disk. A derived seed is passed to the kernel which writes it to its + entropy pool.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>In userspace the <filename>systemd-random-seed.service</filename> service loads the OS random seed, writes it to the kernel entropy pool, and then updates it on disk with a new value derived |